Wheel-tire



.' ITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

ANSON M. HOWARD, OF NEV HAVEN, CONNEC"IOUT.

- WHEEL-TIRE.

' srncrmcnrron forming part of Letters IPatent No. 577,257, dated February 16,1897.

Application filed August 31, 1396. s ar r eo4, 1z, en model.)

. To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, Anson M. HOWARD, of I New Haven, in the county of New llaveu'and- I State of Connecticut, have invented a new 5 Improvement in Vheel-Tires and I do hereby declare the, following, when taken in connection with the accompanying d'awings' and the letters of reference marked thereon, i to be a full, clear, and exact description of 1c the sa1ne, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a sectional side view of a portion ofa tire embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a

. transverse section of the same; Fig. 3, a modi- I 5 fication; Fig. 4:, an enlarged View illustrating the preferred manner of connecting the springs with the strips. I

This invention relates to an improvement n tires for wheels, and while applicable to cycle-wheels it is intended for heavier Vecollapsing in case it becomes punctured; and

the invention consists in the construction, as

row-strips of metal F, which extend around which extend through the strips, the casing E, and the upper plate C, beneath which the ends are upset, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Insteadof employingthree'plates, as just described, in some cases two plates may be suflicient, as, shown in Fig. 8. \VhileI profer to arrange the springs in pairs, asshown in Fig. 1, they may be alternated in any regular succcs'sion, the object of alternating them being to prevent lateral. or circumfer ential displacement.

This tire may be placed on any suitable rim, within which it maybe held by friction, or, if necessary, otherwise secured.

\Vith a tire constructed'as shown and do: scribed a high degree of flexibility is atta'ined and the danger from puncture avoided.

I claini- 1. The herein describod tire for vehiclethe tireand are heldin place by pins G,

wheels, consisting of two plates connected by V 2. Theherein-described tire for vehicle wheels consisting of a flat plate and a transversely-bowed. plate, said plates connected 3o-hereinafte'r described, and particularly re-' K .eited' in the. claims. l

The'tire will preferably consist of three metal plates A 12.0, arranged concentrically, the upperp'late G being concavo-con'vex. 3 5 Between these plates flatsheet-metal springs by springs arranged in succession and alternately extending transversely and longitudinally to the tire, and a casing inclosing said plates. p

' 3. The herein described tire. for vehiclewheels consisting of a flat plate and a tral ls- D are-arranged in pairs, alternate pairs tending longitudinally with the'tire and the intermediate pairs extending transversely thereto, as shown'inFig. 1'. Preferably these 40' springs will be secured in position by forming the plates with slots (I. and raising one edge of the slot to forni'a shoulder b,assh own in Fig. 4, and offsetting the ends c of: the.

springs, so that when the end is"; passed 45 through the slot'a the end may take a bear ing beneath the shoulder 7;,

material, which casing is attached to the upper or bowed plate 0. To protect this cas- 5o ing, I preferably employ three or more hair- These springs are lnclosed an a casing E, of any suitable versely-bowed plate, said plates connected by -alternately-arranged springs cxtendingia'ansversely and longitudinally, a casing 1nclosing said plates, and longitudinal strips .ap-

\V i tuesses FRED. 0. Emma,

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.ANSON M. IICHVARI). 

